TORONTO - "Twilight" heart-throb Robert Pattinson, Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche and "Barney's Version" star Paul Giamatti are set to appear in David Cronenberg's upcoming film "Cosmopolis."

Entertainment One confirmed the initial cast on Friday.

The script is based on the novella by Don DeLillo about a day in the life of a hedge-fund trader who loses his fortune as he makes his way across New York.

The film will be a Canada-France co-production and principal photography is set to begin in the summer in Toronto.

Cronenberg is currently completing "A Dangerous Method," which stars Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen, whom the director previously worked with on "Eastern Promises" and "A History of Violence."